APU SOCI 315 Assignment 1-description of a food memory
SOCI 315Assignment #1FOOD MEMORY Write a description of a food memory, preferably from your childhood. This could be a memory of tastingor liking/disliking a particular food, or it could be a memory focused on a dish from a particular eatingevent, collective or individual. Pay attention to as many senses as you can invoke to evoke thismemory. If you recalled a dish at a specific event, talk to others who were also present and see how theyremember the dish and the event; analyze the similarities and discrepancies between your recollections.You can also include a brief recipe.Do a bit of research to place your memory in wider context, incorporating related sources whenapplicable. Discuss the cultural, symbolic, social, structural, or other meanings of this dish. Specify thesocial group for whom it has meaning, for what kinds of occasions and settings is this dish prepared, whois involved in the preparation, serving, and consumption of this dish, background, etc.Is this a food that unique to your culture? What are its traditional names? (And do these names have anyspecial significance and/or meaning?) What ingredients go into making these foods? How and when arethey eaten? Are there unspoken family “rules” about food consumption (e.g., what’s okay, and not okay,to eat; how and where should one eat, etc.) This paper needs to be 4 pages or more. You will need to use 12 Times New Roman Font. You need todouble space and provide a cover page/reference page, following APA-formatting guidelines. Thesetwo items are NOT part of your page count. SOCI 315 Paper #1 Grading Rubric v Description of a food memory(Maximum 20 points)v Discussed cultural/symbolic/social/structural meanings(Maximum 25 points)v Traditional names/family rules/etc.(Maximum 20 points) v Grammar and Spelling(Maximum 5 Pointsv APA formatting (Cover page/reference page/ 4 pages or more)(Maximum 5 Points)__________________________________________________________ TOTAL POINTS: ____/75
